@article{728211,
      recid = {728211},
      author = {Küplen, Mojca,},
      title = {Beauty, ugliness and the free play of imagination an  approach to Kant's aesthetics / [electronic resource] :},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {This book presents a solution to the problem known in  philosophical aesthetics as the paradox of ugliness,  namely, how an object that is displeasing can retain our  attention and be greatly appreciated. It does this by  exploring and refining the most sophisticated and  thoroughly worked out theoretical framework of  philosophical aesthetics, Kant's theory of taste, which was  put forward in part one of the Critique of the Power of  Judgment. The book explores the possibility of  incorporating ugliness, a negative aesthetic concept, into  the overall Kantian aesthetic picture. It addresses a  debate of the last two decades over whether Kant's  aesthetics should allow for a pure aesthetic judgment of  ugliness. The book critically reviews the main  interpretations of Kant's central notion of the free play  of imagination and understanding, and offers a new  interpretation of free play, one that allows for the  possibility of a disharmonious state of mind and ugliness.  In addition, the book also applies an interpretation of  ugliness in Kant's aesthetics to resolve certain issues  that have been raised in contemporary aesthetics, namely  the possibility of appreciating artistic and natural  ugliness and the role of disgust in artistic  representation. Offering a theoretical and practical  analysis of different kinds of negative aesthetic  experiences, this book will help readers acquire a better  understanding of his or her own evaluative processes, which  may be helpful in coping with complex aesthetic  experiences. Readers will gain unique insight into how  ugliness can be offensive, yet, at the same time,  fascinating, interesting and captivating. .},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/728211},
}